If you’ve been following the tech news sector for the past week, Nokia’s Windows Phone 8 announcements today shouldn’t come as a surprise. EVLeaks did its name proud and leaked specs, pictures, and accessories for both the Lumia 820 and the Lumia 920 PureView. However, it’s nice to have that information now confirmed.

The polycarbonate body from the Lumia 900 is updated for Lumia 920 duty and is available in yellow, red, white, grey, and black. The phone features ceramic keys and camera surround to resist scratches. Interestingly, the Lumia 920 can also work with gloved hands.

JBL's Power Up external speaker can communicate with the Lumia 920 via NFC, and it wirelessly charges the phone as well.

The Lumia 920 features an 8.7MP camera (f/2.0)with a Carl Zeiss lens. The PureView camera used in the Lumia 920 captures 5x to 10x the light of competing smartphones and uses a floating lens that surpasses the image stabilization methods used by competitors according to Nokia.

PureView in action. A night shot using a high-end competitor's camera at defaut settins (left) verus the Lumia 920 (right). [Click to Enlarge]

Nokia also announced the Lumia 820, which features the same polycarbonate body. It has a 4.3" display (480x800), 1.5GHz dual-core Snapdragon S4 processor, 8GB of storage, microSD slot, NFC, 8MP camera with Carl Zeiss optics, 1650 mAh battery and all the added software functionality of the Lumia 920.

The Lumia 820 also has removable shells that are available in different colors, so you can change the color of your smartphone to suit your mood. In addition, there will be removable shells available that add wireless charging functionality.

Nokia Lumia 820

Nokia’s Lumia 920 and Lumia 820 definitely look promising, and we wish Nokia all the best in the cutthroat smartphone sector with these latest entries. With HP/PalmOS pretty much out of commission and RIM stumbling badly, only Windows Phone 8 stands a credible chance of taking on Google and Apple. Microsoft definitely has the money to push Windows Phone 8, but the question becomes if Nokia can deliver on its end as being a torchbearer for the mobile operating system.

However, Nokia isn't the only company strutting out new Windows Phone 8-based devices. Samsung has already showed off its aluminum-bodied ATIV S, which is a stark contrast from the polycarbonate bodies used on Nokia's latest wares. The ATIV S (available in 16GB and 32GB varieties) features a 1.5GHz dual-core processor, 4.8" HD Super AMOLED screen and an 8MP camera.

My sister has a 5 year old and a 2 year old and it's very convenient to have a bunch of their favorite TV shows on it and that pretty much fills her 32GB microSD card. It's still cheaper than trying to stream everything and paying for the higher outrageous data caps.

Thats what you got to love about licensing the software to other companies because one size does not fit all. I personally like Windows Phone OS over Android but hey Jelly Bean is pretty darn good to each their own.

Uh, because wifi isn't going to do any good outside of the house...? Also possibly a lot of people aren't tech savvy enough to setup media servers and keep a stock of ripped/downloaded TV shows and movies on it?

Can't bring your home media server everywhere you go. Even if there is remote access, you still depend on a connection. Cloud access is in the same boat. When you lose connection, you can't get to your data.

Ever been in a restaurant with a screaming toddler, no wifi or cell access to be able to get a Youtube video of Yo Gabba Gabba?

Size and convenience. I would never boot my netbook up on the train ride into the office, however I can watch a 45min show during the ride on either a tablet or phone. The tablet would be a better choice, but I'm not allowed to have personal tablets in our office, so I'm stuck with just the phone during the ride.